Born in Edinburgh on 3 November 1717 the son of William Miller of Glenlee WS, Kirkcudbrightshire and of Barskimming, Ayrshire, and Janet Hamilton, he was educated at Glasgow University (1730) and Edinburgh University (1738).
They also occasionally hauled coal services from Glenlee Colliery on the Main South line to Port Kembla and Rozelle.
Thomas Miller, Lord Glenlee (1717–1789), 1st Baronet of Glenlee, Scottish politician and judge, Member of Parliament 1761–66